History Main / GoldenTranslator

!!Examples

* One of the more famous translations of ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' into Modern English was a prose translation by Creator/JRRTolkien, from which Literature/TheLordOfTheRings draws some influence. Another famous translation is from the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.

* ''Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem'' was translated from Chinese to English by Ken Liu, a translation so good it won a Hugo for Best Novel.

Conytrast with BlindIdiotTranslation. Compare with TactfulTranslation for the "improving" role.

* ''Anime/PrincessMonokoke'' was translated into English by Creator/NeilGaiman.

Contrast with BlindIdiotTranslation. Compare with TactfulTranslation for the "improving" role.

* Creator/JorgeLuisBorges translated to Spanish works from Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/FranzKafka, Creator/JamesJoyce, Creator/HermannHesse, Creator/RudyardKipling, Creator/HermanMelville, Creator/AndreGide, Creator/WilliamFaulkner, Creator/WaltWhitman, Creator/VirginiaWoolf, Creator/HenriMichaux, Creator/JackLondon, Creator/GustavMeyrink, Creator/{{Novalis}}, Creator/MarcelSchwob, Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw, Creator/MaySinclair, Creator/JonathanSwift, Creator/HGWells and Creator/GKChesterton, introducing subtle variations in order to "improve" the works.

* One of the more famous translations of ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' into Modern English was by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.

->''"Traduttore, traditore"''[[note]]Translator, traitor[[/note]]
-->-- '''Italian proverb'''

Contrast with BlindIdiotTranslation, compare with TactfulTranslation for the "improving" role.

* French playwright Yasmina Reza has had her main plays (''Art, Life x3'', and ''God of {{Film/Carnage}})'' translated by notable English playwright Christopher Hampton.

* The musical ''Theater/ManOfLaMancha'' was translated into French by famous songwriter Music/JacquesBrel, who also played the lead in the original French production.

-->''"Traduttore, traditore"''[[note]]Translator, traitor[[/note]]

-->''"Traddutore, tradditore"''[[note]]Translator, traitor[[/note]]

[[LostInTranslation No translation is perfect]]. Every language, says the linguists, has an own point of view, a way to look at the world. This is one of the main reasons why, whenever possible, many people try to read literary works in his original language: because the work it's supossed to exploit its language at its maximum possibilities. A regular translator may know very well two languages, but he may lack sensibility, resourcefulness, or even "poetic talent" needed to make a perfect translation. [[LostInTranslation Something is lost in the way]].

But there is the other possibility: that the translator himself is an author on his own language. There's no better translator to a literary work than another literary author: he or she has both the knowledge and the sensibility.

A Golden Translator is an actual prestigious or canonical writer of the same genre (or not) that translates works to his native language, maybe uplifting the value of the translated work to the new audience. He may introduce little variations in order to maintain or even "improve" the spirit of the original work.

* ''Literature/KalpaImperial'', from Creator/AngelicaGorodischer was translated to English by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin.

* The awarded Argentinian science fiction writer Creator/CarlosGardini has translated many science fiction works from English (including among others works from Creator/CordwainerSmith) mainly for the magazine ''El Péndulo'', but also several novels for Minotauro press.

* Creator/MauroMantella, a comic book writer, is the Argentinian translator ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''.

* French playwright Yasmina Reza has had her main plays (''Art, Life x3'', and ''God of {{Film/Carnage}}'' translated by notable English playwright Christopher Hampton.

-->''Traddutore, tradditore''[[note]]Translator, traitor[[/note]]

-->--'''Italian proverb'''

* Creator/JorgeLuisBorges translated to Spanish works from Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/FranzKafka, Creator/JamesJoyce, Creator/HermannHesse, Creator/RudyardKipling, Creator/HermanMelville, Creator/AndreGide, Creator/WilliamFaulkner, Creator/WaltWhitman, Creator/VirginiaWoolf, Creator/HenriMichaux, Creator/JackLondon, Creator/GustavMeyrink, Creator/Novalis, Creator/MarcelSchwob, Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw, Creator/MaySinclair, Creator/JonathanSwift, Creator/HGWells and Creator/GKChesterton, introducing subtle variations in order to "improve" the works.
* The Argentinian author Creator/JulioCortazar also translated the entire works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, ''Memories of Adriano'' from Marguerite Yourcenar, ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'', from Creator/DanielDefoe, and ''Life and Letters of John Keats'', from Lord Houghton.
* Also, the awarded Argentinian science fiction writer Creator/CarlosGardini has translated many science fiction works from English (including among others works from Creator/CordwainerSmith) mainly for the magazine ''El Péndulo'', but also several novels for Minotauro press.